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Mette Bastholm

@MetteBastholm

@XCEPT_Research Deputy Director @Chemonics UK. Focus on conflict, stabilisation & peacebuilding research for policy. All views my own.

Check out this animation for an intro to the exciting @XCEPT_Research underway at @KingsCollegeLon, with an interdisciplinary approach to the behavioral underpinnings of conflict and reconciliation.

Why do some choose violence & others peace? From #neuroscience to the study of #trauma, @kingscollegelon’s @XCEPT_Research team has brought together researchers from diverse fields to explore this vital question. bit.ly/3Dsjvu1

XCEPT_Research's tweet card. Why do some people turn to violent means and others peace?

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Min seje søster med en opsang til den skammeligt forsømte offentlige psykiatri: ‘Personaleflugt fra den offentlige psykiatri: »Jeg tænkte, det her må fucking slutte. Jeg skulle bare væk, væk, væk«’ politiken.dk/8957183


Deeply uncomfortable, but mandatory reading for anyone concerned about Afghanistan. Hugely satisfying to have played a tiny role in bringing this important research out.

How have the #Taliban’s state-building efforts in #Afghanistan fared since their takeover? This @XCEPT_Research report by @AlcisGeo & @mansfieldintinc reveals surprising successes in reducing corruption and improving revenue collection: bit.ly/3cHRqow @FCDOREDGCSD

XCEPT_Research's tweet image. How have the #Taliban’s state-building efforts in #Afghanistan fared since their takeover? This @XCEPT_Research report by @AlcisGeo & @mansfieldintinc reveals surprising successes in reducing corruption and improving revenue collection: bit.ly/3cHRqow @FCDOREDGCSD


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Wonderful to celebrate (23/4) the end (at least of this phase) of my 25 year career as a civil servant with brilliant, committed colleagues and a few surprise guests. It has been a privilege. My parting messages for the challenges ahead: 1/8 (apologies for late post)

MoazzamTMalik's tweet image. Wonderful to celebrate (23/4) the end (at least of this phase) of my 25 year career as a civil servant with brilliant, committed colleagues and a few surprise guests. It has been a privilege.

My parting messages for the challenges ahead:

1/8 (apologies for late post)
MoazzamTMalik's tweet image. Wonderful to celebrate (23/4) the end (at least of this phase) of my 25 year career as a civil servant with brilliant, committed colleagues and a few surprise guests. It has been a privilege.

My parting messages for the challenges ahead:

1/8 (apologies for late post)
MoazzamTMalik's tweet image. Wonderful to celebrate (23/4) the end (at least of this phase) of my 25 year career as a civil servant with brilliant, committed colleagues and a few surprise guests. It has been a privilege.

My parting messages for the challenges ahead:

1/8 (apologies for late post)
MoazzamTMalik's tweet image. Wonderful to celebrate (23/4) the end (at least of this phase) of my 25 year career as a civil servant with brilliant, committed colleagues and a few surprise guests. It has been a privilege.

My parting messages for the challenges ahead:

1/8 (apologies for late post)

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How has life under #Daesh’s brutal rule impacted adolescents? How can #ConflictPrevention & #stabilisation programmes meet young people’s needs? At this @XCEPT_Research event on 26 May, #policy & research experts will discuss these important questions. bit.ly/3PtCKs1

XCEPT_Research's tweet image. How has life under #Daesh’s brutal rule impacted adolescents? 

How can #ConflictPrevention & #stabilisation programmes meet young people’s needs? 

At this @XCEPT_Research event on 26 May, #policy & research experts will discuss these important questions. bit.ly/3PtCKs1

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Blending hi-tech methods like #SatelliteImagery with field data has transformed #ConflictResearch, improving insight into hard-to-access areas. A comprehensive understanding of crises is crucial if policymakers are to design effective responses. Read more: bit.ly/37vaeoT

XCEPT_Research's tweet image. Blending hi-tech methods like #SatelliteImagery with field data has transformed #ConflictResearch, improving insight into hard-to-access areas. A comprehensive understanding of crises is crucial if policymakers are to design effective responses. Read more: bit.ly/37vaeoT

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There is a vital need to understand the opportunities and risks of #satellite and #geospatial data. Last week, @CharlotteHWatts explained how @XCEPT_Research provides just this sort of cutting-edge learning in #ConflictResearch 📹View the full event: bit.ly/35o4nQX


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♥️Our team all agree: this is great! Super great! In 1.54 minutes, you get a great articulation of the prog's aim to rsrch interactions of weapons, people, money and ideas that drive #conflict within & across borders, + provide actionable research & practical solutions.


Some overdue professional news: Excited to have joined @XCEPT_Research as Dep. Research Director, working with world-class partners examining x-border conflicts


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For those who haven't heard about the new @XCEPT_Research programme, watch this short video & learn about our research: bit.ly/3pEsq4E @FCDOREDGCSD @Asia_Foundation @CarnegieMEC @ChathamHouse @Chemonics @CRbuildpeace @KingsCollegeLon @RVInews @SatAppsCatapult


What’s a little rain when you’ve got amazing support all along a fantastic London Royal Parks Half Marathon route? Great added bonus: So pleased to support @WChildCancer with today’s run. #royalparkshalf #worldchildcancer

MetteBastholm's tweet image. What’s a little rain when you’ve got amazing support all along a fantastic London Royal Parks Half Marathon route? Great added bonus: So pleased to support @WChildCancer with today’s run. #royalparkshalf #worldchildcancer
MetteBastholm's tweet image. What’s a little rain when you’ve got amazing support all along a fantastic London Royal Parks Half Marathon route? Great added bonus: So pleased to support @WChildCancer with today’s run. #royalparkshalf #worldchildcancer

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NYT found the president "participated in dubious tax schemes," including "outright fraud," in its year-long investigation. Meet the Press, This Week, Face the Nation, and Fox News Sunday ignored it: bit.ly/2E8XrsO


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Vote them all out.

mattmfm's tweet image. Vote them all out.

After Dr. Blasey Ford’s tremendously brave testimony, a good day to recall Millicent Fawcett: “Courage calls to courage everywhere.” #kavanaughhearings #thankyoudrford #metoo

MetteBastholm's tweet image. After Dr. Blasey Ford’s tremendously brave testimony, a good day to recall Millicent Fawcett: “Courage calls to courage everywhere.” #kavanaughhearings #thankyoudrford #metoo

As with the Comey hearings last summer, I’m struck - and frightened - by the extent to which different sides in these cases don’t just disagree, but actually seem to *experience* the exact same events in polar opposite ways. We’re beyond facts here.

Fox is eating this shit up, by the way. "He came out swinging" is the mood. It didn't matter that he was weeping, ranting, lachrymose, wildly entitled—he was seen as strong and "aggressive," i.e. masculine.



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So how does everyone feel?#KavanaughHearings


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The Bashar al-Assad regime’s indiscriminate air strikes have terrorized civilians for years. Now a small band of Syrian activist-entrepreneurs is building a sensor network that listens for warplanes and warns people when and where the bombs will fall. wired.trib.al/Dtmpcj8


Bloody Brilliant Commentary

'It's not rocket science darling. We’re just asking you to be thin and curvy, sexy and innocent!’ Acting auditions can be SAVAGE 😂



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